HOV signs reserve a lane for buses and vehicles with the posted number of occupants. Motorcycles and certain clean special-fuel vehicles may also be allowed, and signs show the hours the restriction applies.
What to do
Buses and vehicles carrying the number of people shown, with the motorcycle and clean-fuel exceptions the sign and law allow.
Practice question
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This sign marks a freeway lane with a diamond and the letters HOV. When the restriction is in effect, who may use the lane?
Any driver who pays a toll.
Buses and vehicles carrying the number of people shown, with the motorcycle and clean-fuel exceptions the sign and law allow.
Only commercial trucks.
Only drivers exiting at the next ramp.
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Answer: Buses and vehicles carrying the number of people shown, with the motorcycle and clean-fuel exceptions the sign and law allow.
HOV signs reserve a lane for buses and vehicles with the posted number of occupants. Motorcycles and certain clean special-fuel vehicles may also be allowed, and signs show the hours the restriction applies.
What does the HOV lane sign mean?
HOV signs reserve a lane for buses and vehicles with the posted number of occupants. Motorcycles and certain clean special-fuel vehicles may also be allowed, and signs show the hours the restriction applies. This is study wording cited to VA Driver's Manual (Apr 2026) §2 Regulatory Signs. It is not a verbatim quotation from the manual.
